The responses by various animal offspring to the titular question in this volume is that each baby belongs to a loving mommy animal (e.g., "Whose baby am I?/ I am a panda baby"), and they inspire irresistible portraits. Butler's (Bashi,...
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John Butler, Author . Peachtree $13.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-56145-108-1
Butler (Hush, Little Ones) invites youngsters to revel in their reactions to 10 splendidly rendered portraits of baby animals and insects. "If you see a cuddly kitten.../ say, 'Ahhh!'/ If you see a pudgy pig.../ say, 'Peee-ew!'
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John Butler, Author Peachtree Publishers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56145-269-9
As he did in While You Were Sleeping, John Butler deftly portrays animals in their natural setting in Hush, Little Ones. Soft light and lilting rhyme (""Hush, little rabbits,/ don't make a sound./ Sleep tight in your burrow, deep underground"")...
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John Butler, Author Viking Books $10.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-670-03655-4
Picture book companions assemble in force. Wildlife illustrator John Butler presents a similar array of irresistible baby animals that won over youngsters in Whose Baby Am I? for Who Says Woof?, another fun guessing game. Here, the cluck of a ...
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John Butler, Author Viking Books $10.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-05904-1
Whose Nose and Toes? joins John Butler's q&a-style titles (e.g., Whose Baby Am I?) with visual clues and detailed, anthropomorphic animal portraits against a pastel backdrop. The titular question repeats on each spread, next to a picture of the...
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John Butler, Author, John Butler, Illustrator . Peachtree $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56145-396-2
This welcoming book showcases 10 familiar species that make distinctive sounds, then prompts youngsters to do their best imitations: “Can you growl like a bear,/ rolling in the snow?/ Can you chatter like a chimp,/ swinging to and fro?”...
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John Butler, Author, John Butler, Illustrator Peachtree Publishers $6.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-56145-254-5
One more bedtime counting book will soothe readers and inspire dreams. While You Were Sleeping by John Butler tells young children that ""One tiger went hunting in the jungle"" and ""Four baby owls sat wide-eyed in an old oak tree."" All 10...
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John Butler, Author, John Butler, Illustrator Peachtree Publishers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56145-242-2
Butler (Little Sibu) turns the spotlight on another endangered species in this tenderly delineated tale of a baby panda, his mother and their quest for a peaceful habitat. Beginning with Pi-shu's birth (""He was no bigger than one of the patches...
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John Butler, Author, John Butler, Illustrator Peachtree Publishers $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56145-211-8
In this luxuriantly illustrated counting book, towheaded Daisy learns from her mother that the animal world has been a busy place while she slept: one tiger hunted in the jungle, two mice made a nest in the hay and ever-growing groups of other...
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